For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community. This website is maintained sporadically, people may still join and membership is still open, but if you are a spammer, stay away. The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date. There are plans to make it more useful for static information in the future. If anyone needs information about Changchun or China, you may post a message and it probably will get a response but not immediately.

Changchun Friends

a great way to get involved

Richard ridealgh's Blog – February 2012 Archive (2)

Is English or Mandarin the language of the future?

English has been the dominant global language for a century, but is it the language of the future? If Mandarin Chinese is to challenge English globally, then it first has to conquer its own backyard, South East Asia.

In Malaysia's southernmost city of Johor Bahru, the desire to speak good English has driven some children to make a remarkable two-hour journey to school every day.....…

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Added by Richard ridealgh on February 22, 2012 at 13:40 — 8 Comments

Scientists convert human brainwaves into speech!!!!!

Be careful what you think!

Scientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech.

The technique may one day make it possible to communicate with patients who are unable to talk.

Who knows where this might end up, but for sure, I will have to be very careful what I think (dream) :)…

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Added by Richard ridealgh on February 2, 2012 at 18:00 — 1 Comment

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